Biology

Exeggcute is a Pokémon resembling six light pink eggs, usually seen arranged with five heads huddled around a sixth. Each "head" has a slightly different facial expression, but each face has triangular eyes with tiny black pupils and a small mouth. Each shell has some cracks, and one member of the bundle usually has its yolk or brain exposed. Despite looking like eggs, Exeggcute is actually more closely related to plant seeds. Exeggcute inhabit jungles and forests.

Exeggcute gathers in swarms of six. The heads communicate with each other by using a form of telepathy that only they can understand. Should the number of Exeggcute be reduced to less than six, the remaining Exeggcute will attempt to replace it with a similarly sized Pokémon as seen in the anime. Exeggcute and its evolved form, Exeggutor, are the only known Pokémon that can learn Barrage.

Trivia

Exeggcute shares the same species name with Chansey. They are both known as the Egg Pokémon.

In Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, it is hinted that each of Exeggcute's members may have an individual sense of identity, even though they are all considered to be just one Pokémon.

Origin

Exeggcute appears to be a mixture of a batch of eggs and seeds, though it may have been inspired by the "Egg Yolk" tomato or possibly a visual pun based on the eggplant. It may also be inspired by bird's nest fungi.

Name origin

Exeggcute may be a combination of egg and execute.

Tamatama could be taken to mean 偶々 (unexpectedly), although it is more likely to be derived from 玉 tama (sphere). It is worth noting that the Japanese word for egg is 卵 tamago.

In other languages

Language

Title

Meaning

Japanese

タマタマ Tamatama

From 玉 tama or 卵 tamago

French

Nœunœuf

Comes from the word œuf pronounced twice. May also come from neuneu, a term that can be used to describe a vacuous person

Spanish

Exeggcute

Same as English name

German

Owei

From Ovus and Ei

Italian

Exeggcute

Same as English name

Korean

아라리 Arari

A possible corruption of 알알의 Al'al'eui, where both 알 and 알의 is Korean for egg; thus possibly translated as "Eggy Egg"